HNC Business Management Assignment 1
Introduction
Ebay

Task 1
Assessment criteria: 1.1 a) Distinguish between the terms E-Business and E-Commerce

E -business and e-commerce are terms that are sometimes used interchangeably, and sometimes they're used to differentiate one vendor's product from another. But the terms are different, and that difference matters to today's companies.
E-business “firm which, in contrast to an electronic commerce firm, conducts its day-to-day business functions over the internet and/or other electronic networks such as electronic data interchange (EDI). Electronic business includes collaborating with distributors on sales promotions, interacting with and servicing the customers, and conducting joint research with business partners.”
E-Commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the Internet.

b) Define: the Internet, the worldwide web (www), Intranets and Extranets
Internet - a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
World Wide Web - an information system on the Internet which allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another.
Intranets - a local or restricted communications network, especially a private network created using World Wide Web software.
Extranets - an intranet that can be partially accessed by authorized outside users, enabling businesses to exchange information over the Internet in a secure way.

c) Differentiate between Business-to-Business (b2b), Business-to-Consumer (b2c) and Consumer-to-Consumer (c2c) transactions using your selected online